American Anthropological Association: Take a #StandForScience“The original COMPETES Act established a vision for revitalizing the nation’s research and innovation enterprise. The new FIRST Act does not live up to that vision.”

LifeHacker: I’m a Telemarketer. Here’s How to Get Rid of MeAs a former (rather successful) political organization fundraiser, I can attest to the usefulness of this device, especially the magic words, “Please add me to your do not call list.”

U.S. Department of State Official Blog: Benefiting From the Mobile Revolution“But without interoperable technologies, service developers and content creators cannot innovate and without an increasingly capable and robust wired and wireless infrastructure, those services and content cannot reach consumers.”

Wired: Photos: The Brutal DIY Weapons of the Ukrainian Revolution“Brutal as these weapons look, they’re basically medieval compared to modern security forces. “It’s literally sticks and stones,” says Jamieson. “As mean and nasty as they look — and of course they’re intentionally made to look that way — it’s nothing in comparison to a gun.””

LiveScience: Cat Firebombs Featured in 500-Year-Old German War Manual“Create a small sack like a fire-arrow … if you would like to get at a town or castle, seek to obtain a cat from that place. And bind the sack to the back of the cat, ignite it, let it glow well and thereafter let the cat go, so it runs to the nearest castle or town, and out of fear it thinks to hide itself where it ends up in barn hay or straw it will be ignited.”